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Kharita Challenges

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Real geospatial problems, graded automatically. Choose a track, a level and what you want to hand in.

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Spatial Analysis4 problemsPostGIS / SQL0 problemsPython0 problemsRemote Sensing6 problemsCartography0 problemsWeb GIS0 problemsData Management3 problemsGIS Architecture0 problems
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  1. Not started, How much of each borough lies below ten metres?Raster analysisGeoJSON

    Threshold a DEM, count inside polygons, and turn pixels into square kilometres on a geographic grid — a flood-screening figure per borough.

    Spatial AnalysisintermediateDifficulty: intermediate240 XP~40 min6 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • Greater London elevation (Copernicus DEM GLO-30) · Raster · EPSG:4326
    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Threshold a continuous raster
    • Count the thresholded pixels per polygon
    • Convert pixels to ground area on a geographic grid
    DEMthresholdzonalpixel areafloodLondonAlso trains Remote Sensing
    Open problem
  2. Not started, Which boroughs have the least tree cover?Raster analysisGeoJSON

    Zonal statistics on a categorical raster: the share of tree-cover pixels inside each borough polygon, for a tree-planting programme's targeting.

    Remote SensingintermediateDifficulty: intermediate230 XP~40 min7 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • Greater London land cover 2021 (ESA WorldCover 10 m) · Raster · EPSG:4326
    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Compute zonal statistics of a categorical raster over polygons
    • Express the class as a share per zone
    • Return the polygons ready for a choropleth
    zonal statisticsland coverraster–vectorWorldCoverLondonAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  3. Not started, Mean NDVI per borough, across a projection boundaryRaster analysisGeoJSON

    Zonal statistics where the raster is in UTM and the polygons are in WGS 84: reproject the right layer, compute the index per borough, and hand back a map.

    Remote SensingadvancedDifficulty: advanced300 XP~50 min7 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • Greater London, Sentinel-2 red and NIR, 11 July 2025 · Raster · EPSG:32630
    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Recognise a CRS mismatch between a raster and a vector layer
    • Reproject the vector layer rather than resample the raster
    • Compute a per-zone mean of a derived index
    NDVIzonal statisticsCRSUTMSentinel-2LondonAlso trains Spatial Analysis, Data Management
    Open problem
  4. Not started, Screen Newham’s greening gridProjectRaster analysis3 steps

    Audit a real land-cover chip, deliver a measured grid file, and identify cells for field verification.

    Remote SensingadvancedDifficulty: advanced600 XP~100 min10 checks

    Worked in 3 steps, each checked before the next one opens.

    1. Audit the class chip · Answers
    2. Hand over the measured grid · Dataset file
    3. Map field-verification cells · GeoJSON

    Datasets

    • Newham WorldCover 2021 class chip · Raster · EPSG:4326
    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Audit class counts in the clipped raster
    • Prepare a traceable borough grid as an uploaded GIS file
    • Return only cells that meet a stated greening screen
    NewhamWorldCoverurban greeningoffline rasterAlso trains Data Management, Spatial Analysis
    Open project